Plow.



JOHN FRANKLIN SNIDER, OF UNIONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

j Application filed January 11, 1908. Serial No. 410,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANKLIN SNIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Unionville, in the county of Union and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented a new and useful Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to plows and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

The object of the invention is to provide a plow which may be used as astraddle row cultivator or as a breaking plow as desired. The parts ofthe plow are so arranged that the draft animal and the operatormay'travel at the side of the row while the shovels car# ried by theplow operate at the opposite sides of the row.V Means is provided forincreasing or diminishing the space between the shovels transversely ofthe row and one shovel is so mounted as to be capable of adjustmentvertically with relation to the other shovel whereby the implement maybe conveniently used upon hill sides. Means is also provided foradjusting the angle of inclination of the standard to which the fixedshovel is attached. l

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the plowwith parts broken away.` Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of a rack plate used uponthe plow. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a pin plate used uponthe plow. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views of a lower portionof the standard and foot respectively used upon the plow, and Fig. 7 isa detail perspective view of a brace used upon the plow.

vThe plow consists of the beam 1 to the forward end of which isattachedthe clevis hook 2. The handles 3, 3 are attached to the rear end of thebeam 1 and are connected together at their upper portions by the round4. The rack strip 5 is attached at its lower end to the beam 1 and atits upper end to the round 4 and forms a supplemental brace for thehandles 3. Said strip 5 is provided at its edges with the laterallydisposed teeth 6. The plate 7 is attached to the side of the beam 1 andthe forward end of the arm 8 bears laterally against the lside of thelate 7 and is ivoted thereto bymeans of t e bolt 9. T e forward portionof the arm 10 is bolted to the ltween the said pins 23.

forward portion of the arm 8 and the bar 1 1 is v adjustably secured tothe rear end of the arm 10. The bar 11 possesses sufficient resiliencyin order to lbe sprung into the spaces between the teeth 6 of the strip5. Thus means is provided for swinging the arm 8 upon the bolt 9 and forsecuring the same in an adjusted position. When the bar 11 is insertedin a space between the teeth 6 at the lower portion of the strip 5 thesaid bar 11 is shifted longitudinally with relation to the arm 10 sothat the rear end of said bar will not unduly project behind the end ofthe beam 1 and interfere with the operator. Said bar 1 1 is providedwith the perforations 12 which are adapted to receive the bolts 13 andwhich permit of the adjustment of the said bar upon the arm 10 as abovedescribed. The rear end portion of the arm 8 is obliquely disposed withrelation to the beam 1 and is provided with a series of perforations 14.The brace 15 is attached at its rear end to the rear end of the arm 8and at its forward end to the forward end of the arm 10.

The standard 16 is adjustably attached by means of the bolts 17 whichare passed throu h the perforations 14, to the rear portion of the lowerend of the standard 16 and supports the shovel 19. The standard 20 isprovided with the cross bolts 21`whioh lie over the u per and loweredges of the beam 1. T e plate'22 is mounted upon the beam 1 and isprovided with a series of pins 23. The upper bolt 21 is adapted to liein the s aces be- The shove 24 is attached to the lower portion of thestandard 20. The brace 25 is pivoted at its lower end to the standard20. Said brace is provided at its upper end with a slot 26 which isprothe arm 8. The foot 18 is attached to.

vided at one side with a series of notches 27.

The bolt 28 passes transversely through the beam 1 and is adapted to liein any one of the notches 27. Thus, it will be seen that by looseningthe nuts upon the bolts 21 and bolt 28 that the upper portion of thebrace 25 may be shifted longitudinallyalong the beam 1 and when properlyadjusted the said brace 25 is moved laterally so as to seat the bolt 28in one of the notches 27. The nuts on the said bolts are then tightened.Thus7 means is provided for regulating the angle of inclination of thestandard 20'. The angle of inclination of the said standard may also bevplacing the said bolt in the standard but between other ins 23 thanthose between which it origina ly rested. Thus additional means forchanging the angle of inclination of the standard 2O is provided. Whenthe latter means is used it will be observed that the position of thebrace 25 upon the beam 1 is not changed. It will also be observed thatwhen the standard 2() has been properly adliusted by either of the saidadjusting means it will be iirmly held in position against the strainincident to the work which is performed by the shovel 24.

By shifting the standard 16 along the arm 8 the space between the plows19 and 24 may be increased or diminished as desired. Thus the distanceat which the said shovels will operate from the row of plants may beregulated. By swinging the arm 8, as above describedI the shovel 19 maybe adjusted vertically with relation to the shovel 24 and thus the imlement may be adapted for use upon hill si es. The shovels 19 and 24 arescalloped out at one each of their upper corners as at 29 and the shovel19 may be shifted from the foot 18 to the standard 20 and the shovel 24may be applied to the foot 18. Thus, the scalloped portion may bedisposed toward or away from the row of plants aeeording to the quantityOfearth that it is desired to throw toward the plants. The lowerportions of the foot 1S and the standard 2O are provided with the wearplates 30 which are held in position by means of rivets 81. When thesaid plates are worn out they may be removed by cutting and punching outthe rivets 31 and new plates may be applied to the said foot andstandard. Thus it will be observed that an implement is provided theparts of which are susceptible of adjustment to meet all conditions ofthe soil and the contour of the ground and which is adapted to cultivatea crop to advantage. It will also be observed that by removing the bolt9 that the arms S and 10 may be detached -from the beam 1 and thus theshovel 24 mounted upon the standard 2O may be used as a breaking plow.

Having described my invention, what lY claim as new Patent is:

A plow comprising a beam, a standard attached thereto and adapted to beadjusted at a desired angle to the beam upon a pivot point locatedvbelow the beam, a supplemental standard pivoted to the side of the beamand adapted to be adjusted at a desired angle to the beam, a rack-barsupported by the beam, and a llexible lever attached te the supplementalstandard and adapted to be. sprung into engagement with the teeth of therack-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANKLIN SNIDEB.

Witnesses:

R. C. LONG, J. E. PREsLoR.

and desire to secure by Letters f

